State Training

State employees can take their knowledge and leadership skills to the next level through the Institute's many state training programs, from professional development programs that cover a broad array of financial, legislative, and special topics, to certification programs in leadership and management.

Executive Leadership Development Program

Contact: Michael Hourihan, hourihan@uga.edu; 404.463.6803

Leaders at the highest levels of Georgia's state agencies work one-on-one and in groups during the Institute's Executive Leadership Development Program to help better understand and refine their leadership performance. Using a number of techniques, Vinson Institute faculty help executives identify their strengths and areas for growth. In the classroom, participants delve into and discuss the importance of a variety of advanced leadership concepts and how to apply them in their own agencies.

The Executive Leadership Development Program curriculum is anchored in three core elements.
1. GOV360™ comprehensive assessment
2. Individual coaching
3. A challenge-centered leadership development process

Program Curriculum
  • Self-performance
  • Leadership styles and influence
  • Innovation
  • Negotiation
  • Leading and managing change
  • Alliances and collaboration
  • Reengineering work and jobs
  • Performance disciplines for small groups
  • Government in a world of markets, networks, and organizations
  • Strategy
  • Using stories to drive change
  • Early wins/momentum
  • Performance management

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